Improvement in ironing-tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB M. OROUTHAMAL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,304, dated November26, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

' at one end for the proper adjustment upon the said board of suchtubular articles as shirts, pillow-cases, &c.

I accomplish this object by, in the first place, so hinging theironing-board A at one end to the transverse connecting-rods a of thelegs B Bof the frame that the said board may be lifted, as shown in'theperspective view, Fig 1, from the opposite legs D D, which simplysupport its weight, no fastenings being necessary; and, inthe secondplace, by connecting the said legs B and D together by longitudinalbraces F of such width as to permit the passage through them and thelegs of permanent and detachable pins h and i, which rigidly secure thewhole frame together and render it self-supporting independently of theironing-board. By withdrawing the detachable pins 7: the lower pins hare converted into hinges upon which the legs may be turned, asillustrated in the side view, Fig. 2, when it is desired to fold thetable into asmall compass, the board A in such case being also turnedupon its hinges on until brought into a position parallel or thereaboutwith the braces F. The

braces F at their opposite ends are made of suflicient Width to enablethe pins h and t to be separated by a space of several inches, for thegreater the distance between these pins the less will be the strain uponthe same and the greater the rigidity of the frame.

It will be observed that the frame is of the most economicalconstruction, the cross-braces for the two sets .of legs being made toserve as hinges for the ironing-board and braces; and it will also beobserved that by this peculiar construction I am enabled to dispensewith the metal hinges commonly used. for folding tables, which, leavingout the question of expense, are apt to become rusted and to soil theclothes placed upon the board, this being especially the case with suchtubular articles as skirts, pillow-cases, shirts, &c., which require tobe passed around the board after lifting the same at one end, and whichare more apt, therefore, than flat articlessucl1 as towelsandhandkerchiefsto be brought in contact with the hinges and fasteningdevices.

I claim as my invention- A folding ironing-table in which are combined ahinged board A, legs B and D, and braces F, secured at their oppositeends to the said legs by permanent and detachable pins h and i,vallsubstantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J AGOB M. GROUTHAMAL.

Witnesses:

WM. -A. STEEL, HUBERT HOWSON.

